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The Federal Communications Commission’s new approach to broadband deprives the Federal Trade Commission of the ability to sue AT&T for throttling wireless subscribers, the company says in new court
papers.

Four Senate Democrats have re-introduced a bill that would enable consumers to wield control over how information about them is used by data brokers. The Data Broker Accountability and Transparency
Act empowers consumers to stop the use and sale of their personal information by data brokers.

The Federal Trade Commission says in new court papers that it is entitled to continue pursuing a lawsuit against AT&T, despite the new net neutrality rules. The FTC’s papers come less than one week
after a different agency — the FCC — voted to reclassify broadband as a common-carrier service.